Box Office 5 August: Fast and Furious for some, slow and steady for most

Films for kids and Big Boys dominate, but adults went for La Binoche and Soccer this weekend.
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Idris Elba muscles in as a cyborg in Fast & Furious: Hobbs and Shaw. Courtesy of UPI.

The latest instalment of the ludicrously fun Fast & Furious franchise drew audiences to the big screen in its opening weekend, showing on 296 screens and grossing $7.2 million. That’s a screen average of $24,457 for the Universal picture. The promise of reliable explosions and satisfying thug-smacking is obviously still a draw, and this franchise has a reputation for its particular family values and preference for real effects over obvious CGI.

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Rochelle Siemienowicz is the ArtsHub Group's Education and Career Editor. She was previously a journalist for Screenhub and is a writer, film critic and cultural commentator with a PhD in Australian cinema. She was the co-host of Australia's longest-running film podcast 'Hell is for Hyphenates' and has written a memoir, Fallen, published by Affirm Press. Her second book, Double Happiness, a novel, will be published by Midnight Sun in 2024. Instagram: @Rochelle_Rochelle Twitter: @Milan2Pinsk